augment

About 1.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To increase; to make larger or supplement.

   The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.

2. verb To grow; to increase; to become greater.
3. verb To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
4. verb To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
5. verb To add an augment to.
6. noun A grammatical prefix In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.

   The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.

7. noun In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.

   The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.

8. noun Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.

Similar words

augmentative building increasing increment increase amplify grow enlarge extend widen

Often followed by

the their his its and or it our this a

Word family

augmented augmenter augmenters augmenting augmentor augmentors augments